The existing judgment period as per the Nirbhaya Act, 2013 and Criminal Amendment Act, 2018 is 4 months (two months of investigation period and two months of trial period) As per the Disha Act 2019, the judgment will now have to be pronounced in 21 working days from date of offence in cases of rape crimes with substantial conclusive evidence. Currently, there is a four-month trial period for such serious offences against women. The Act also inter-alia mandates completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— CHAPTER I The Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2019 has been drafted to speed up the trial process for severe crimes committed against women and children. ... Today, Insights is synonymous with UPSC civil services exam preparation. "Ratanlal & Dhirajlal’s The Indian Penal Code has served the legal profession, and all those associated with it, for more than a century. In March 2013, Parliament passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 to amend the IPC to allow death penalty only in rape cases where the accompanying brutality leads to death or leaves the victim in a persistent vegetative state, and in cases of repeat offenders. 376A, Criminal law amendment act, 2013 Rape if the perpetrator inflicts injuries that result in the victim’s death or incapacitation in a persistent vegetative state, or is a repeat offender 396 After the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act of 1955, courts are at liberty to grant either death or life imprisonment. Introduction; The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual … Currently, there is a four-month trial period for such serious offences against women. 25. There was a minor tribal girl called Mathura, in the year 1972 on 26th March she was summoned to the police station at night. 1 THE CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2013 A BILL further to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Lok Sabha has passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 which replaces the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21 this year. 45 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Criminal Organisations Disruption) Amendment Act 2013.